UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400
- Complete Results
The UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 is run over 267 laps of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ryan Newman started on pole. Greg Biffle soon took over. The first caution came out on lap 12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. touched Brian Vickers coming into turn 1. Bobby Labonte and Ricky Rudd were also involved. All four cars left the race. On the restart on lap 20, Kurt Busch was in the lead, with Greg Biffle again taking over soon after.
Ryan Newman then got up to within 0.5 seconds of Greg Biffle, and that position remained for a long run under green, which ended on lap 59 when Robby Gordon's engine blew up bringing out the second caution. Sterling Marlin stayed out to lead a lap, but at the restart Travis Kvapil led over Ryan Newman and Greg Biffle in second and third respectively. Shortly after the restart, on lap 65, a crash involving Matt Kenseth nudged the back of Elliott Sadler's car, bringing out the third caution. Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart were also involved, though Stewart's car only received minor damage.
The restart came on lap 70, with the field led by Ryan Newman, Travis Kvapil, Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle. Around lap 77, Matt Kenseth went a lap down after a tire went down as a result of his touching Sadler a few laps back.
Lap 86 saw the fourth caution after Jason Leffler, trying to get onto pit road, was nudged by Ken Schrader. Most drivers pitted, with Kasey Kahne ending up in the lead from Newman and Kvapil. Kurt Busch was leading from Johnson and Biffle when the sixth caution came out around lap 126. An error in the pits, however, saw Kvapil drop down the field to 23rd place.
Jimmie Johnson took over the lead around lap 147. On lap 175, the race-record seventh caution came out for debris, with Johnson still in the lead. Newman took the green from Johnson, Busch and Biffle. Trouble happened when Scott Riggs bringing out the eighth caution with 74 laps to go, with Elliott Sadler getting the free pass.
Newman, Johnson and Nemechek led at the restart, with Johnson swiftly regaining the lead. Debris brought out yet another caution with 62 laps to go. Newman and Johnson battled for the lead on the restart. With 44 to go Hermie Sadler crashed into a wall inside the track bringing out yet another caution with Johnson leading over Gordon. The battle resumed with 39 laps left. Newman got into the back of Gordon with 34 laps to go, which caused them to lose 3 positions.
With 15 to go, Jimmie Johnson had got a 1.5 second lead over Kyle Busch, who was 5 seconds ahead of Kurt Busch. An error by Johnson lost him 0.8 seconds, but he then extended his lead again, and he won from Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch.
Top Ten Results
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kyle Busch
- Kurt Busch
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Greg Biffle
- Casey Mears
- Matt Kenseth
- Ryan Newman
- Tony Stewart
Failed to qualify: Johnny Sauter (#09), Kevin Lepage (#37), Stanton Barrett (#92), Stan Boyd (#79), Carl Long (#00), Kirk Shelmerdine (#27)
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